This reminds me that D is still mortally terrified of dogs. Yet she wants to get one. We bought some time by telling her they don't sell dogs in the winter. Also, she needs to actually like them before we get one.

We tried getting one 5 years ago, and it went....very poorly. The rescue should not have matched us with that dog or let us leave the foster's house because D seemed terrified. We gave her back after a very challenging day and a half (and donated all the supplies we'd bought to the rescue). This time, we'd either get a young puppy (that's still small--this was a year-old puppy) or an older, chill dog.

We actually adopted her the same week I started with Dr. T. In the intake form, it asked about exercise, and I said we were about to get a dog, so I'd be increasing my walking, which made him laugh when he was going over the forms with me.

It had the type of ears that sometimes stand up and sometimes flop over (shepherd mix). We told ex-MC about that, and he asked me if Dr. T's ears did that, too. Which...was a very odd question!